PRX - Pieces for Tone: Informational

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

1007 results


Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
Rocco from the Bronx
From: Adam Allington
Piece image
Rocco Migliorelli talks about farming in the Bronx during the 1930's, 40's and 50's

Bought by WFUV and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Our Anti-Labor Relations Act
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
The IWW at 100: A Brief History
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most influential and colorful organizations in U.S. history.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Gender And The American Experience.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Historian Alice Kessler-Harris looks at women's rights then and now.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KQED, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 3
Ethics: The Foundation Of Corporate Governance.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A successful CEO looks at business ethics.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
Inside The Clockwork Of Women's Careers.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Carol Tecla Christ talks about the choices women make between career and family.

Bought by WSKG and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: Work -- 19th Century Style
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on the working and living conditions of sheepherders that are right out of the 19th century.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
Skywalkers of Akwesane
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How the dangerous skill of high steel became a rite of passage for a Mohawk tribe.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WFHB, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 26
Commentary: The Big Strike
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary marking the anniversary of one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history -- the West Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934.

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
Commentary: Is it Labor Party Time?
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New efforts to form a Labor Party could very well revive the slump;ing labor movement.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
The Real May Day
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
Jim Moore Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jim Moore tells a remarkable story of how a cow fell out of the sky and sunk a Japanese trawler and what he likes about being a commercial fisherman.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 06:30
Lessons of the CIO
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The CIO's history offers important lessons for those currently trying to revitalize the labor movement .

  • Added: Mar 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
Interview with MST activist Vanderly Scarabeli
From: WLUW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with MST activist Vanderly Scarabelli

  • Added: Mar 01, 2005
  • Length: 42:54
Labor Express for 2-20-05
From: WLUW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the Feb. 20th 2005 episode of Labor Express in full.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:21
Labor Express for 2-13-05
From: WLUW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the Feb. 13th 2005 episode of Labor Express in full.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 01:04:11
Labor Express for 12-5-04
From: WLUW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the Dec. 5th 2004 episode of Labor Express in full.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 01:02:56
Will Pizza Carry a Union Label?
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on unionizing pizza delivery drivers.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2005
  • Length: 03:32
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Champion of Labor
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most important work was done in behalf of the labor movement.

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KPFT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
Our Anti-Labor Secretary of Labor
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
President Bush is retaining probably the most anti-labor secretary of labor ever.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Decent Pay for All
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary on raising the minimum wage.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:52
Age Bias
From: Dick Meister
Piece image
A commentary on the widespread discrimination against older workers.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2004
  • Length: 02:43
Preserving Values
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Smucker's CEO explains why Smuckers is a great place to work

  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 59:37

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones